Introduction
This article is part 3 of a tutorial to help you get started with FME Cloud. We will cover some actions you can take on your FME Cloud instances. This tutorial needs to be followed in order. Please complete Part 1: Sign Up and Part 2: Launch Instance before continuing with this article.
Step-by-Step Instructions
1) Login to FME Cloud
Login to FME Cloud here if you have not already done so. On your Dashboard, you can see running and paused instances, which are the active instances.
2) Filter instances
You can filter your instances by All, Active, Running, Paused, and Terminated by clicking Filter Status, if desired.
Filtering instances by status
3) Explore instance actions
If you select an instance, you can see the available actions by clicking the Action button to the right. If you have a paused instance you can select it, then click Start to start it. Once instances are active you will be charged the hourly fee. After starting your instance, it will take a moment for it to start running before you are able to use it.
If you select a running instance you can choose to Terminate, Pause, or Reboot it. Note: Terminating an instance deletes the instance, associated data, and backups.
Instance Action menu
4) Explore instance Activities log
After selecting an instance, you can view more details about it in the tabs below the instance list. If you click the Activities tab, you can view a log of instance actions, including the time, action, and user who invoked the action. For example, here you can see when requests were logged for instances to be launched, paused, restarted, etc., or when credentials were downloaded. The log also shows you which user took this action and when.
Activities tab
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In the next article, we will cover how to resize your instances:
